Postilion on Horse in a Winter Landscape
ca. 1798
Medium
Watercolor. Framing line in pen and black ink.
Dimensions
sheet: 14 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (37 x 50 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Howard J. Barnet Gift, 2006
Accession Number
2006.328
Tags
Art Historical Context
### Postilion on Horse in a Landscape Step into a crisp Bavarian winter with Wilhelm von Kobell's *Postilion on Horse in a Landscape* (ca. 1798), a delicate watercolor that captures the quiet drama of a lone rider guiding his mount through a snow-draped vista. Von Kobell, a leading German artist of the late 18th century, was renowned for his masterful depictions of horses—their muscular forms and fluid motion rendered with anatomical precision. Here, the postilion, a postal courier astride his steed, embodies the era's romanticized view of travel and nature's raw beauty, evoking the vast, unf...
About the Artist
Wilhelm von Kobell · 1766–1853
Comment on works: Landscapes; Battles; Horses and Riders